‘The Re-Up’: Nicki Minaj Receives Highest Ever Metacritic Score

The proof, as they say, is always in the pudding..and if the last few days in Nicki Minaj‘s world are anything to go by, we’d say life is pretty sweet for the Rap star.

Unveiling a new eight track EP named ‘The Re-Up’ last Monday, this week saw her reap many a reward from the project after its sales forced its supporting LP, ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ 79 spots up the Billboard 200 in the space of 7 days, placing it at #28.

So, just in case that wasn’t enough to put a smile on her face, she’s now scored a new personal best on a critical tip.

Details below…

Ironically, despite only boast eight tracks, the release has scored a Metacritic score of 74/100- marking the highest score of her career with 2010’s ‘Pink Friday’ receiving 68/100 and ‘Reloaded’ nabbing 60/100.

Calculated by measuring reviews published by BBC Music, the Los Angeles Times and The Boston Phoenix to name just three, the project’s impeccably high score makes it the Rapper’s most critically acclaimed release, perhaps spearheaded by the fan favorites ‘Up In Flames‘ and the Cassie assisted ‘The Boys’.

With her third studio album set for launch next year, here’s hoping ‘The Re-Up’s success comes a lesson learned for the Rapper.

A lesson, that has seen her exceed expectations on a whole number of fronts with material that even she admits ‘is better’ than that of ‘Reloaded’.

So, here’s hoping album #3 delivers the quality and varied themes that made ‘Pink Friday‘ such a celebrated effort, and strikes a healthier balance between Pop, Hip Hop and the pizzazz that keeps Minaj ahead of the pack at all times.

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the real xoxoNovember 28, 2012

it only sold 939 copies here in the UK 🙁
and we don’t have walmart/target here so whats your excuse now Nicki?
you have toured the UK 3 times this year alone. so the “promo” excuse goes straight in the trash.
Sam, stop trying to make this repetitive garbage sound like The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

Why are you an IGNORANT HATER huh? Why you can’t just be IGNORANT or just be a HATER? Why you can’t just be 1 of the 2. Why are you BOTH? Go take a BATH in acid or sumn. Go comb ya scalp with a razor and brush ya teef with some acid yo. Go clean ya toilet bowl with ya fungus infected tongue you scum bucket.

They barely shipped any copies to the UK… Considering how hard it’s been for my sister to find a copy out there, i’m surprised it sold that much. As far as the US goes despite not being in two major stores, she still managed to push 35k which for a re-release is pretty good. Katy’s re-release did 33k with the aid of target & walmart.

You are really trying to make the Re-Up happen arent you???? It sold 34,501 copies… That is a flop right…..

The Boys FLOPPED
Freedom FLOPPED (despite a high profile AMA performance where she won two awards…)

She was on BET, TV, Radio promoting the hell out of this, and it failed…

As an additional collection of new songs, you would have thought her fans would buy, they didnt… It sold even less in the UK as the album didnt even re-enter the Top 40.

Even if they didn’t want to part with the money for the whole album, as they may have already had it, you would think the single sales would be high right… Well… Not according to US iTunes. The only songs to be seen are I’m Legit sitting at 200 (will dissapear by tonight) and Va Va Voom, the song her pop audience buys…

I think it is evident, that she tried to recapture her mix tape market, who no longer care for her music, and there is nothing genuine about what she does, and her pop audience are where she is stuck. She is not a hip hop artist, so should not be compared with them…

Clearly you don’t read or think logically.They said HMV had none LAST WEEK but THIS WEEK they do & they got theirs. You went yesterday aka this week and they had some…which is what they just said, that clearly means they got JUST got some shipped in. He’s not making excuse. It was practically impossible to find it in the UK last week. Ever heard of demand & supply? Fans wanted it last week, HMV didn’t have it…now they do.

I´ve never visited this metacritic site. Can somebody explain?
I mean, if they count people´s votes then it has zero credibility. Just like the AMA´s and all those awards. Only crazy stan bases voting faking the general perception, the real one
I this is only about critics like the ones mentioned in the post, then it has some credibility (although critics are terrible sometimes too)

I got some good news b******. I live in Scotland and called HMV hq and they told me and my friend that none of the stores stocked up because they didn’t anyone would buy it, but because they’re going to stock more stores this week because people are starting to buy it.

The album hasn’t sold a lot physical copies as expecteted, Target nor Walmart carried the re-release & the stores that did only had limited copies.. I went to my local Bestbuy and attempted to get the re-up & I was told they only ordered 60 copies & have sold out of them in 2 hours.. Fye is 30 minutes aye from Bestbuy in my city, & when I went there they had 70 copies sold out of 100 Copies & the 30 copies left over had been reserved for future purchase by Reward Members.. So I turned to iTunes & had it downloaded in 3 minutes like the majority of people who wanted the album did! Then I ordered the album off of Amazon & just got it yesterday, & my local Bestbuy/ Fye have no copies at all as if 11/25/2012 & expect more 12/05/2012..

you know that is a lie, her first album sold more than her second, so that is already down, her singles arent doing like the ones off her first album those are also down, it just keeps getting worse for her.

lets be real, we knew not alot of people were going to buy this rerelease, the boys did nothing to promote it she should have just stuck with va va voom for a closer on the last album and then worked on a brand new album. this one still hasnt sold 1 million, yet it was certified platinum. this era for her was just all sloppy, it started when she pushed the album back and changed the singles around.

FAFNovember 28, 2012

375k & 253k are FLOPS ?

I’d hate to see your faves sales 🙁

speechlessNovember 28, 2012

Since when does a metacritic score matter on this site? Because the only time I see something like this is when you’re gassing this chick like always. Sam just face it. SHE FLOPPED. The walmart/target excuse aint working. If u cant find it there then why not just order it from amazon or itunes? You’re making yourself and nicki look stupid by trying to save face when its already cracked.

It’s a RE-release! NOT a new album! Check any other artists’ re-release and you’ll see the similarity in figures! Only HUGE fans would bother ordering, other people would pick it up IN STORE! If it’s not available they won’t bother themselves, they’d just wait. “Flop” isn’t the word, it’s quite a SUCCESS for a re-release. Stores don’t generally carry re-releases anyway!

How can it jump SEVENTY-NINE spots on Billboard & all of you c*nts are still calling it a “flop”?!! TF?!! Get over yourselves! Do y’all have nothing better to do than hate on a SUCCESSFUL BLACK FEMALE ARTIST?!! IDGAF if you don’t like her music, she’s doing GREAT with or without you ^_____^

The phucking fake media would give her a high score! As long as she is promoting ignorance, stupidity, self-indulgence and being a total h** with hip adjustments, b*** implants, boob implants and tons more plastic surgery.

Meanwhile The media has turned against Rihanna and is now lowscoring her album for her collaboration with Chris Brown. The reviews are unprofessional, blatantly only about one song (nobody’s business), and make many mistakes like miscouting how many songs are in the standard edition and blatantly admitting they downloaded ILLEGAL VERSIONS. (“Power it up” and “Fresh Off The Runway” Are DEFINITELY not the song titles which anyone who heard the album would of known).

So Basically this site just tracks the scam media and are not to be trusted. If you wanna know how good an album is, just listen for yourself. Don’t let those shameless fakes taint your opinion.

You saw what they did to Chris Brown’s FORTUNE which is a wonderful eclectic CD. They claimed that it was misogynistic because of 1 song….. just all type of bullsh**! Attacking Rihanna’s CD is not about 1 song but the fact that she has elected not to continue to be used as a weapon to further the RACIST AGENDA against Chris Brown!